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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Present faces of Waterloo past
Type: BookAbstract: A collection of photographs of nearly 50 county residents over the age of 70, with a brief biography for each person.Keywords: BiographiesBowman MichaelBowman Mary Ann CressmanPlummer MauricePlummer Maurice MrsBernhardt ClaraBailey J. Edgar DrBaltruweit WilliamMast Mattie LeisKoch OliverYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1900-1988Export options:Presidential address: some German settlers of Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Brief sketches of some influential European settlers, including Peter N. Tagge, Jacob Beck, Otto Klotz, Jacob Hailer, Jacob Hespeler and John Motz.Keywords: Upper CanadaWaterloo CountyIndigenous peoplesSettlersGermansSchoolsIndustriesGerman languageNewspapersPlace namesYear of publication: 1913Historical Period: 1800-1911Export options:President's address: deserted villages of Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of the decline of rural villages such as Fisher's Mills and Kossuth.Year of publication: 1930Historical Period: 1810-1930Export options:President's address: the Pennsylvania background of early Waterloo settlers
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the material culture in eighteenth-century Pennsylvania, based on a survey of the "estates of representative families" such as Panabaker, Tyson, Weber, Levering, Keyser, Shuler, Johnson ...Keywords: Settlers PioneerCulture MaterialYear of publication: 1934Historical Period: 1701-1800Export options:President's address: Waterloo County newspapers
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A catalogue of newspapers printed in Waterloo County from 1835 to 1920, with names of their publishers and editors.Year of publication: 1921Historical Period: 1835-1918Export options:Principal immigration groups of Waterloo County: from a display card in the History Tent at the International Plowing Match, 1954
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Information about the main ethnic groups of Waterloo County (Mennonites, Scots, Germans, English, Native Canadians and Russian Mennonites), arranged chronologically and telling where they settled.Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1954Historical Period: 1800-1945Export options:Psycho-social roles of Mennonite children
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Reference from the Canadian Periodical Index.Year of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1969Export options:Recollections of early Waterloo
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An historical sketch of farm life of the Pennsylvania German pioneers, the Mennonite church, education, German newspapers and bridges over the Grand River.Keywords: SettlersPennsylvania GermansMennonitesNewspapersEducationAgricultureWar 1812BridgesSchoolsGerman languageYear of publication: 1915Historical Period: 1800-1850Export options:Rediscovering Carl Ahrens: The Painter
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 2006Export options:Relation d'un voyage a Manitoba: accompagn‚e d'une analyse de l'Acte concernant les Terres de la Puissance et d'un extrait du pamphlet publi‚ par le gouvernement at [sic] sujet de Manitoba
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the journey made by Waterloo County native Jacob Y. Shantz to Manitoba, to help new Mennonite immigrants from Russia settle in that province. There are no references to Waterloo County.Keywords: Russian MennonitesSettlementYear of publication: 1873Historical Period: c1870-1873Export options: